The amount of pay varies depending on different factors such as the location of the work, union, and title of the job. ... For this paragraph I will compare Californian firefighters pay rate with the national pay rate as well as the growth rate of the job. Within California the lowest pay rate for a firefighter is about $4,384 per month, and for the top pay rate is near $7,622 and up. ... As for the rest of the nation their lowest pay is $4,023 while the highest pay rate is over $6,703 per month. When it comes to jobs in 2012 there were roughly 307,000 firefighters active in the nation and it&...

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It does not stop businesses from paying workers a higher wage. ... They will do the minimum required to keep the job until they can find a better one. ... Go inside and the employees always look clean professional and happy doing their jobs. ... Poor workers should not have to work two and three jobs to make ends meet. One job should pay enough not only to keep the worker above the poverty level but should provide a reasonable standard of living. ...

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I realized how bad I really hated the job. ... I want to give it a shot and hopefully, I"ll land a job in this field. ... I will need to work a couple little odd jobs, to be able to pay for my place and my schooling. Finding a way to pay for everything will definitely be one of the hardest things, but it is something that I know I can accomplish. ... Both jobs are hard to get into, because of the number of people that go for them. ...

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The only way people can afford to live in California and raise a family is for two adults to have very good paying jobs. ... Here in North Carolina, you don't have to worry about having such a high paying job. You are able to maintain a good job, raise a family, and still have enough money to save. Though North Carolina has many job opportunities dealing with natural resources, farming, and service industries, it is without a doubt there are a lot more job opportunities in the big state of California. There are such a vast number of jobs available. ...

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I'm not very interested in this job, but is I had to choose one in this field, this would be it, because I always had an interest in listening to people and their "problems.... But, I'm glad to learn that the job I chose has a good pay. $73,790 is the average annual pay for a California counseling psychologist, which could be broken down to $35 an hour. ... Counseling psychologists with a PhD will have many more job opportunities as a psychologist without a PhD. ...

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He stopped earning enough money to pay the rent, much less to send money to his family. ... They often have to go through a lot of things in order to get a good job. Even then, the jobs aren't always successful and many Mexicans are forced to return to Mexico. ...

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Million spent per year VIII Billion dollar pay roll A. ... Indian gaming creates jobs, increases economic activity and generates tax revenue both on and off the reservation. Over one hundred twenty thousand direct jobs and one hundred sixty thousand indirect jobs have been created by Indian Gaming nationwide (Statistics on Economic Impact of Indian Gaming). In San Diego County, tribal gaming has been responsible for the creation of more than 5,000 well-paying jobs, with a payroll of $22 million per year. ... The increased numbers in tourism also created Five thousand six hundred new jobs...

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It is estimated that Americans will pay $100 billion for these improvements through tax money over the next 20 years (Billitteri). ... Though this is still on a grand scale, we would overall be paying less. ... By building a high speed rail in California, 160,000 construction jobs would be created (Kopp). With the increase of new jobs, recession would be greatly reduced. ... This would create 450,000 new jobs (Kopp). ...

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Consequently, they resort to low-income jobs working in the fields to earn an income. ... While working for these high-end companies, these workers barely get enough pay for them to survive. ... Since most of these workers do not have access to higher education, it becomes harder for them to find jobs. ... It is very rough in Mexico for these young migrants to find a decent fare job. ... When I'm talking about these migrant farm workers, I acknowledge and pride them for their hard labor, even with small pay. ...

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The farmers had no place else to go, so they had to bare with what was in front of them, and endure the discrimination from locals and the low pay. ... (French 34-39) Along with many other migrants at the time, they traveled to California in search for a better life, where they could obtain new jobs and provide for their family. ... Many of their family members passed away, and finding a stable job was not easy. They were also treated unfairly by the locals and received very low pay. ... The Joads then migrated to California in search for a new life and new jobs. ...

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Before the housing bubble started, it was custom to pay 10% to 20% of the said housing price, and then pay off the rest in the coming years; however, during the bubble, it was common to pay 5% or even 0% down payment, otherwise known as zero down financing (Robertson, 2012). ... With reliable documentation, banks could accurately make a decision on whether or not the borrower had the means to pay off the loan. ... Eventually, these buyers had built up enough equity in their own home, but had little money left after paying everyday expenses. ... It is evident that having a college degree create...

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Instead of simply admitting that whites and men get hurt by affirmative action and that this is the price they pay for the sins of their racist and sexist fathers, the proponents of affirmative action have become experts in deceit. ... They feel that their chances at a job are immediately less because businesses have quotas of race to fill. They realize that they may even be more qualified for a job but will lose out because they aren't a minority. ... They are hoping for a color-blind opportunity at a job and that their individual qualifications and personalities can land them ...

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When an officer is on the job he looks for trends and patterns that will make his job easier. ... Since whites pay more money towards taxes than minorities they are putting more money into the police departments. ... Taxpayers already feel they pay too much for prisons. ... They would not stand to be paying more money to criminals whom they have no sympathy for. ...

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Serious problem gamblers risk losing their jobs because of gambling activity, while employers must bear the burden of lost productivity associated most gambling workers. ... Indian casinos have hired a large number of both Indian and non-Indian peoples for both skilled and unskilled jobs. ... The second is that serious gamblers have a history of losing their jobs because of their addiction. ... The benefits are that casinos allow more job opportunities. ... If there is an increase in crime that means tax payers will have to pay more for criminals going to jail and legal fees. ...

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It's crazy that after all the hardships put on a teacher or professor these days dealing with people in the world of learning, you have to still fight a uphill battle with the administration and school board with her experience just to gain access to basic materials such as books just to do your job. As I watched this movie I could only imagine how much hurt this women was going through just to do her job. ... No longer was she a part of her husband's life, long hours at work, working three jobs, just to have the means to do her job. ... After all this drama caused just to do the job...

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As policy is being made in Washington governing the future of testing in and funding for schools, little or nothing is being said there about bringing bright motivated young people into the field of teaching nor of trying to make good teachers of the people who do chose this path. Of my five Yale ro...

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The Hispanic culture thinks very highly of the family and strong moral values while on the other hand, Americans show more dedication towards their jobs and making money. ... In the US, people are so tied down with their jobs, and trying to "make it" that they are taken away from what's important to them, family love. ... If the money is there, you can pay for anybody to do any job. ...

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They "puttered while they stood idle; they thundered when they moved, and then settled down to a droning roar" (Steinbeck, 47) and were driven by a "man sitting in the iron seat [He] did not look like a man he was a part of the monster [the bank]" (Steinbeck, 48) The bank informs the men that "a man can hold land if he can just eat and pay taxes" (Steinbeck, 43) However, the bank "isn't like a man" (Steinbeck, 45), rather, it is the monster that drives people from their homes, that sends the tractors to plow the land and ready it for cotton farms. ...

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In the book the Elusive Eden by Richard Rice, William Bullough, Richard Orsi and Mary Ann Irwin, we learned that James Marshall was an employee at Sutter's mill, whose job was to supervise the operation and construction of the mill. ... People lost their jobs, their farms and their businesses. ...

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Like that you can die for your country at age 18 but you can't order a beer in a bar, and one of my favorite ones why should you have to pay taxes on your winnings if you win the lottery? ... Most addicts cannot afford from their minimum wage jobs to afford the high price of drugs so they must steal and rob houses or whatever they can get, even robbing family members. ...

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It did not matter because he knew once he got there he would find a job and have all the things he did not have at home. ... My father then asked him for a job and the man told him he would start tomorrow. ... Her first job was working in a strawberry patch farm in Sanger. ... They were expected to go out an get a job and better themselves. ...

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Through the works of Steinbeck we are given a looking glass that allows us to be present in a time in which the world was changing, a time when naiveté and innocence succumbed to knowledge and maturity. Two of his greatest works Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath both reflect greatly on the s...

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HISTORY OF THE TOOL Back in 1990, a reference librarian by the name of Carole Leita started to pay attention to the internet and how it worked. ... The job involves identifying a site, evaluating it, determining whether it is already in the database and filling out online input forms that describe the site and assigning it subject headings. ...

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When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity...

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